TRYING TO AVOID AN EMERGENCY MANAGER AND THAT WILL LIKELY MEAN BUDGET CUTS. AND A "BREAKING NEWS ALERT" FROM THE EAST SIDE WHERE A FIREFIGHTER HAS BEEN INJURED. Ruth: OUR TIM PAMPLIN IS ON THE SCENE AND SENT BRAND-NEW VIDEO INTO THE NEWSROOM. Tim: THERE YOU SEE THE FIREFIGHTER ON THE STRETCHER. HE WAS CRUSHED BY A WALL AT THIS WAREHOUSE, PALMER PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS. THEY MAKE OFFICE FURNITURE AND OFFICE FIXTURES AND FURNISHINGS. THIS BUILDING CAUGHT FIRE LAST WEEK, IN THE AREA OF I-75 AND I-94. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ENGULFED IN FLAMES. PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING STARTED TO COLLAPSE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO. THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE UNDER A PORTION OF IT AND ABOUT TO PUT THE LADDER UP WHEN THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN ON TOP OF HIM. HE GO DOWN TO RECEIVING HOSPITAL AS MORE MEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. THIS HAS GONE TO TWO ALARMS, ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT. THE FIREFIGHTER ON THE STRETCHER

DETROIT -

At least one Detroit firefighter has been injured while battling a fire at a commercial building on Ferry Avenue at Russell Street in Detroit.

The firefighter has suffered significant injuries, but is expected to be OK. He fell about 10 feet from the base of the truck ladder as he tried to jump out of the way of a falling brick wall. He was struck by some of the falling bricks.

He has been taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital with neck and back injuries.

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